Man Gropes 2 Women, Flashes Himself At UES Train Station: Police

UPPER EAST SIDE, NY — The NYPD is trying to identify a man who groped two women and flashed his privates at an Upper East Side subway station, police said.

On the night of Tuesday, April 24 the man approached a 52-year-old woman and slapped her on the buttocks, police said. The man then forcibly touched a 17-year-old girl's breasts and flashed his private parts at her, police said.

After abusing the two women, the man fled the subway station, police said. The women were not physically injured, police said.

Police release a sketch of the suspect (seen above) on Friday. The man is described as being in his 20s or 30s with short curly black hair. He was last seen wearing a black sweatshirt, black pants and a white t-shirt., police said.

Anyone with information is asked to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477).

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